Holse's Notebook

Xinthia

(Tensile Aeronathaur) an Airworlder; giant airships (smaller than dirigible behemothaurs); semi-adapted for high-pressure gaseous/liquid environments and space-capable. Now rare and generally Developmentally/Inherently/Pervasively Senile; see WorldGod, the

Nariscene

Sarl mentors; insectile MLI

Aultridia

upstart species that evolved from parasites living under carapaces of Xinthia; mat-like/pelliform (also “Squirmiform”, term of abuse); LLI

Morthanveld

Nariscene mentors; spiniform waterworlers, HLI

From the "Culture" final major project, for the appendix of Matter by Iain M. Banks.

Work not affiliated to Banks or his publisher.

Marain script with attribution to Daniel Solis danielsolisblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/free-font-marain-scr...

Tsungarial Disk

"Three hundred million space factories of half a million tonnes or more each sounded like a lot, but, spread out around an entire gas giant from within a few hundred kilometres of Razhir’s cloud tops to over half a million kilometres distant from the planet, in a band forty thousand kilometres thick, it was amazing how empty the space around the planet could seem."

- Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks

The final back-cover image for the speculative book cover project, illustrating for the jackets of all of the main Culture novels.

Not affiliated to Iain Banks, or his publisher, Orbit.

Indentured Intalgiation

The speculative front cover for Iain M. Banks latest book, Surface Detail.

From the blurb:

"It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.

It begins in the realm of the Real. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself."

Again, this is a speculative university project. This work is not associated to Iain Banks or his publisher.

The Staberinde

Front cover for Use of Weapons, one of the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks for my final projects, illustrating most of the Culture novels as speculative book covers.

Matter

Cover image for Matter, detailing Level Eight of the Shellworld Sursamen, and its supporting Towers.

For the ongoing speculative book cover project, working with Iain M. Banks' 'Culture' series of novels.

Pittance Store

A hollowed iron-nickel asteroid used as a store for Culture weaponry.

For the back cover of Excession, for the speculative book cover project, illustrating the covers for all 7 Culture novels.

O you who turn the wheel

I'm hoping this one is clear. Its supposed to represent the curved surface of a Culture 'Orbital' (think of the Rings from Halo), bathed in the light from a dying star.

Here it is as if you were looking at it on its side.

Its from the ongoing major project at uni illustrating the covers for the Iain M. Banks 'Culture' novels.

Excession

Final image for the front cover of Excession, for the "Culture" novel speculative book-cover project.

Quilan and Huyler

For the back cover of Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward as part of my Major Project.

Major Quilan shares his senses with the consciousness of an old General, Huyler, whose soul is stored in his Soulkeeper device.

The Culture Project

I'm illustrating all 9 Culture novels by Iain M. Banks as my Major Project

Just though I'd post 2 quick mock-ups, trying to pin down the style. If I can keep that up for 9 books it will own.

All the work is purely speculative and in no way affiliated with Iain Banks or Orbit.

The Means of Production

Open publication - Free publishing - More watercolor

The finished book of the Means of Production project. This is 15 weeks of work, my minor project, so I hope you enjoy it!

Comments are welcome below, as always.

No war but..

Class war.

From the ongoing project with the theme of 'The Means of Production".

Wage Slavery

Wage slaves wait for their pittance.

From the ongoing project based on the Means of Production.

Minimum Wage

From the ongoing project based on the Means of Production, from Marxist theory.

Mapas//Maps

Mapas//Maps has finally been published! Its got the piece from March in it, along with 52 artists from 23 different countries. You can flick through the entire book (or buy it!) here.

I really wish I had done a better job. Compared to all the other work it looks really dull and the typed page I included just doesn't fit with the rest of the book at all. Its a shame but never mind.

I Wish You Had Eaten Me So That I Could Have Died

My submission to the Happy Journey Collective project on funky 'final destination box' designs, http://www.happyjourneycollective.com/

Royal-Tea.

Don't you just adore commemorative tea cups? Me too. I particularly enjoy the photocopied faces and the badly printed colours. Oozes style and class, I feel, and makes me really appreciate the royals and their momentous occasions.

Don't you agree?